Whjdow-sash hanger and operator



I. FIRNER.

WINDOW SASH HANGER AND OPERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2,19I5.

Ll 93,677. Patented Aug. 8,1916.

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WINDOW SASH HANGER AND OPERATOR.

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WINDOW-SASYH HANGER AND OPERATOR.

Application filed October To all whom it may` concern i tor; and, to this end, it consists of the novel.

devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.`

In the accompanying drawings, which l illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views. Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section taken centrally through a window frame and sash having the invention incorporated therein, some parts being shown in different positions by means of broken lines; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view in section taken on the line m2 m2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a detail view, partly in plan and partly in horizontal section, taken on the line m3 w3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view in side elevation with some parts shown in section; Fig. 5 is a right side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 4, some parts being sectioned on the line m5 m5 of Fig. 4;. Fig. .6 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1 with the exception that the window sash is shown in a different position; and Fig. 7 is a detail view in elevation, looking in direction of the arrow marked on the line m7 m7 of Fig. 2, with the. window sash in the position illustrated in Fig. 4. i The numerallindicates a window frame having side sash stops 2, a top sashstop 3 and a window sill 4, which aords the bottom or lower sash top. Movably mounted in thev window frame 1 and normallyseated against the stops 2 and 3 and window sill 4, is '-a single window sash 5.

, The window sash stops 2 are, as shown, constructed from metal and each thereofhas, in its face against 'which the windowl sash 5 bears, a guide channel 6 that is `T-shape in cross section. Each sash stop 2 also com- S-pecication of-Letters latent.

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prises a relatively long upper section and a relatively short lower section, the latter being connected to the former by a hinge 7 for inward swinging movement, as shown in Fig. 6. The upper sections of the sash stop 2 are provided with inwardly projecting anges 8, that have flat engagement withthe window frame 1 and are rigidly secured thereto by screws 9. Turnbuttons 10, pivoted to the upper sections 8 .of the sash stops 2, for engagement with the lower sections thereof, are provided for normally holding rsaid lower sections in line with said upper sections, as shown in Fig. 1. l

lThe window sash 5 is connected by a pair of short links 11 to the sash stops 2, for compound sliding and pivotal movements, and which links also permit the said sash to be reversed side for side by lan end for end movement. These links 11 'are pivoted in transverse notches 12, cut in the upper ends of thestiles of the window sash 5. The outer ends of the links 11-are provided with T- heads 13, mounted in the channel guides 6 for i sliding and pivotal movements, as best shown in Fig. 3. Obviously, the T-heads of the links 11 are interlockedpwith the correspondingly formed channel guides 6 against lateral separation therefrom. As the links 11 hold the upper end of the window sash 5 close to the side stops 2, the upper longitudinal edges of said window sash 5 are rounded, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to permit the 'saine-to be turned end for end.

The window sash 5 is intermediately connected to the window frame /1 by a long link 14. One end of this link 14 is pivoted at 15 to one of the stiles of the windowsash 5 and the other end thereof is pivoted at 16 to a face plate 17. This face plate 17 is set into and secured by screws 18 to the adjacent side 'of the window frame 1 and covers a pocket 19 formed in said frame. The link 14, vduring swinging movement of t e window sash` 5, permits the T-heads 13 to ide and move pivotally in the channel guides 6. r

When it is' desirable to reverse the window sash 5, side for side, Ithe, lower end thereof is first swung outward i and its upper end is moved downward on the sash stops 2, until said s ash assumes'a position, as shown by full hnes 1n Fig. 6. However, before the window sash 5 can be moved into this position, it is necessary to release the turn buttons 10 to allow free swinging movement of the lower sections of the sash stops 2. Then by an upward movement, of the outer end of the window sash 5, and further downward sliding movement of its inner end, said sash is moved into a position as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 6, or if desired, the window sash may be moved closer to the window frame 1. Owing to the difference in the distances between the pivots 15 and 16 ofthe link 14 and the pivot 15 and the T-heads 13, it is, of course, obvious why it is necessary to make the lower sections of the sash stops 2 movable, while the window sash 5 is being ,turned from a horizontal into a vertical position.

The following connections are provided for swinging the linkv 14 on its pivot 16 and for holding the same in different set positions; and hence, for imparting the compound sliding and pivotal movements to the window sash 5, which are necessary to open and close the same and forturning the same side for side. Rigidly secured to the link; 14, near its lower end, is a laterally projecting stud 20, which projects into the pocket 19 through a segmental slot 21', :formed in the face plate 17. A horizontally extended feed screw 22, having an angular end, is mounted in the pocket19 and journaled in'bearings 23, secured to the window frame 1. Mounted in the window frame 1 and axially alined with the feed screw 22, is a socket 24 into which the angular end of said screw. projects. The feed screwy 22is turnedby a socket wrench 25', adapted to be inserted into the socket 24, and applied to the angular end of said screw. A nut block 26 is mounted on the feed screw 22 and is pivotally connected to the stud 2,0 by a short link 27. The link 27 valso holds the nut block 26 against rotation, during its traveling movement on the feed screw 22.

By means of the feed screw 22, the win.-

dow sash 5 may be tightly drawn against the stops 2 and 3 and the window sill 4; thus alording .a weather-tight joint between the window frame and sash. By reversibly mounting the window sash 5, it is'possible to washypaint or repair the same from the inside of a` building. When the window sash 5 is open, as shown in Fig. 1, or when the same is only slightly out of its true horizontal position, the same will shed'ran. A`

window sash, mounted in accordance with the above described invention, hasj all of the advantages of acaseme'nt window', in that the entire window sash may be opened, which is not possible with windows having upper and lower sliding sashes. When the wrench 2o is removed from the Afeed screw 22, the window sash 5 is securely locked in a closed position, or it mayl he locked in an .pivotal movements.'

openposition, which open position, however, need not be of a size sufficient to permit a person to pass through the window from the outside.

What I claim is 1.l The combination with a window frame, of a window sash secured to the window frame for compound sliding and pivotal movements, a link pivotally'connecting the window sash to the window' frame and permitting said window sash to be reversed end for end, and a self-locking devicev for imparting swinging movement to the link and for holding the same in different set positions.

2. The combination of the window frame, of a window sash secured to the window frame cfor compound sliding and pivotal movements, a link pivotally anchored at one end to t-he intermediate portion of the window sash and at its other end to the window frame, said llink permitting the window sash to be reversed end for end, and a self-locking device for imparting swinging movement to the link and for holding the same in different set positions. 3. The combinationv with a window frame, of a window sash secured to the window frame for compound sliding and pivotal movements, a link pivotally connecting the window sash to the window frame and permitting said window sash to be reversed end for end, a feed screw mounted on the window frame and having a traveling nut block. and a connection between the link and nut block. 4; The combination with a window frame, of a window sash, secured to the window frame for compound sliding and pivotal movements, a link pivotally connectingthe window sash lto the window frame and permitting said window sash to be reversed end for end, a feed screw mounted on the window frame and having a traveling nut block, a connection between the link and nut block, and a stop limiting the pivotal movement of the link with respect to the window sash.

. 5. The combination with a window frame i having guides with" movable sections, of a window sas'h secured at one end to the guides for compound sliding and pivotal movements, a link pivotally connecting\window sash, at its intermediate portion to the window frame,- the movable sections of the guides permitting thg window 'sash to be reversed end for end during its sliding and 6. The combination with a window frame having guides with movable sectionsof a window sash secured at one end to the guides for compound sliding and pivotal movements, a link pivotally connecting window sash, at its intermediate portion to thewin-v dow frame, the movable sections of th" guides permitting the window sash to be reversed end for end. during its sliding andv sash and having T-heads mounted in the 10 channel guides for sliding and pivotal movements.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Y JOSEPH FIRNER.

Witnesses:

EVA E. KNIG, HARRY D. KILGORE. 

